UPDATE: Woman robbed at gunpoint in Mont Alto area home invasion

MONT ALTO - Police are still looking for the two men who broke into a home on the 7300 block of Slabtown Road around 8:30 a.m. Monday and robbed a female resident at gunpoint.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, the two men got into the home by kicking in the side door. The only one home at the time was a 24-year-old female. One of the men held a gun to her head, told her not to look up at them, and wanted to know where her money was.

The men got away with about $5,000 in cash, police said in a release.

Police described the men as each wearing a hat, bandana, and sunglasses to conceal their identities. The men are still at large. The female victim was unharmed, police said.

Anyone with information may call police at 264-5161.

On Monday morning, Mowrey Elementary in Waynesboro Area School District was put on lockdown due to the incident.

"Basically, we decided to put a hold on recess outdoors and didn't allow anyone to leave the building," Waynesboro Superintendent Sherian Diller said.

As a precaution, the building already has modified lockdown measures in place, such as keeping doors locked on classrooms when students are in class. It's a practice many buildings in the county also follow on a daily basis.

Diller worked out of Mowrey on Monday.

"Once we heard about the incident, we knew it was close here to the school," said Diller. "As superintendent, I decided to stay out here and do my work from here."

Waynesboro decided to keep the lockdown in place through the 3:20 p.

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m. dismissal time, even after Diller was informed by state police that an "alert" was no longer in place.

"As a precautionary measure, we stayed inside," said Diller.

Penn State Mont Alto initiated its emergency text message system, sent emails to campus lists, activated alerts on the school's website and used the mass notification system on campus.

Mont Alto spokesperson Kristie Fry said: "We warned all on campus to stay indoors and to secure all doors."

Those who were not on campus were instructed not to come to campus until state police notified Penn State it's safe to resume classes.

Penn State officials used the same methods of communication to notify employees and students that classes were resuming. Notification was sent that the campus was "all clear" at 10:17 a.m. and the classes would be resuming on a normal schedule, Fry said.